The app is powered by Chat-GPT, which then attempts to emulate how Jesus, the apostle Paul, King David, and many others may respond to prompts.
Stéphane Peter, the app’s developer and CEO of the development company, Cat Loaf software, based in Los Angeles, California, said in a statement:
We stir the AI and tell it: You are Jesus, or you are Moses, or whoever, and knowing what you already have in your database, you respond to the questions based on their characters.
Instead of just getting a daily Bible verse, now you get a chance through this app to chat with Jesus or anybody else in the Bible.
Peter said
Religion News Service provides more details about the app and its drawbacks:
There are few limits to what users can ask the app’s characters. Whether the topic is personal relationship advice or complex theological matters, they formulate elaborate responses, incorporating at least one Bible verse.
Asked how he defined a good Christian, the app’s Jesus replied that such a person will “profess faith in me, but also follow my teachings and embody them in your life,” and quotes a passage in the Gospel of Matthew in which Jesus teaches that the greatest commandments are, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind” and “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Many people in the Bible, Mary Magdalene among them, are only accessible in the app’s premium version, which costs $2.99 a month. In a conversation with Magdalene, the devoted follower of Jesus mentions how having seven demons “was an incredibly tormenting experience. …”
“Chat with Satan” can be activated if the user chooses. The character signs all his texts with a “smiling face with horns” emoji.
Peter, who said he didn’t work with any theological advisers on this project, explained that he trained the AI to “try to stick to the biblical tradition as hard as possible.”
But Peter did invite church leaders to try Text with Jesus once he had a beta version. Some pastors complained that some responses lacked Bible chapter and verse citations, or about the strange uptight tone in which Jesus talked, but on the final version, Peter said, he received “pretty good feedback” from the professionals.
I updated it so it can speak more like a regular person and ensured it didn’t forget that it’s supposed to get stuff from the Bible. It’s a constant trick to find the right balance.
He said.
In case users were tempted to reveal sensitive information about themselves to the app’s Jesus, all information is stored temporarily, just long enough for the AI program to keep track of the conversation. The server does not keep any identifying information about users, Peter said.
On X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter, the launching of the app stirred reactions ranging from amusement to accusations of blasphemy and heresy. “That’s a hard NO for me,” tweeted one user.
Peter anticipated the app would draw blowback but called it “another way to explore Scripture.”
Asked about the criticisms about Jesus’ oddly mild responses on some touchy issues, Peter acknowledged that Text with Jesus’ characters tend to avoid taking offensive stances, instead taking an inclusive and tolerant line.
On same-sex marriage, the app says it is “up to each individual to seek guidance from their own faith tradition and personal convictions” and encourages users to “prioritize love and respect for all people regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity,” signing the text with a rainbow and red heart emojis.
About feminism, Jesus emphasized the importance of “empowering women and breaking societal barriers that limited their opportunities.”
AUTHOR COMMENTARY
“Another way to explore Scripture.” -Yeah, that’s one way of calling it!
[1] Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. [10] The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. John 10:1,10
I have no sympathy for anyone that actually falls for this. A massive FOOL would only entertain this.
In March I reported on “ChatKJV,” a Chat-GPT AI software that answers questions based on King James scriptures, and the stupidity of that; and then on a German church building in June that utilized AI chatbots to preach a sermon.
Lutheran Church In Germany Uses ChatGPT AI-Generated Pastor To Preach A Sermon
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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Definitely a tool from Satan himself to gather information from gullible people to better “train” AI to deceive the masses in the future. To “Text with Jesus”?!?!…I don’t think so…more like the Antichrist.
B-I-N-G-O
No, you’re not texting Jesus, you’re texting a pre-Time Of Jacob’s Trouble Antichrist devil!
Matthew 24:23
“Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.”
Matthew 24:24
“For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.”
The ultimate in idolatry…the door opened by vain imagination, taken, then directed& powered by the prince of the power of the air. ….and they don’t even have to drum it up, or chant/fake ‘pray’ for hours to get their devilish response. Rejected light becomes lightning.
I’m sure he programed the app to say only good things to people and not the parts of the Bible were God tells them they are disgusting, vile, wicked and rotten sinners and are worthy of hell and that the wages of sin is death.
Absolutely right you are, David.
Jesus doesn’t do text messages, Skype, FaceTime, Facebook or any of those other things, just talk to Him in prayer, say whatever is on your mind and on your heart or burdening you, express yourself to Him.
It’s definitely not based on the TRUE word of God, the King James bible. One more step to worshiping the Beast!